"If the political right were actually concerned with the physical and emotional safety of youth as it purports to be, it would support effective firearms safety measures, since gun violence today remains the number one cause of death for young people ages 1-19, at a rate of nearly 5 in every 100,000. Black children are six times more likely to die of gun violence than their peers of other groups."

#drag #lgbtq #GunSafety #ProtectKids

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/the-right-has-never-cared-about-the-safety-of-youth-if-it-did-it-would-stop-giving-them-guns/

After testimony during the public hearing earlier this week - which included statements from those concerned about (and intimately affected by) the policies and practices of #JehovahsWitnesses around CSA - a #WashingtonState House committee progressed #SB5280 with changes that would make every #JW Elder in the state a #MandatoryReporter if the bill is passed into law.

#ExJW #ProtectKids #Religion

https://twitter.com/fanniesuby/status/1634668446385577985?t=MdvHipMJpASsVvvfYKnIag&s=19 from birdsite:

This brewery is one I have mixed feelings about, because their whole schtick is culturally appropriative. The "devils from every culture" thing is very cringey.

In this case, however, they've been marked as a target for an anti-trans Kristallnacht because they are hosting a drag brunch on the 26th. The CHUDs have announced that they're targeting it on the day as well.

They see Vancouver as their home turf, so there will probably be a few of them. We need to show up to prove them wrong. We need to #protectkids and their parents who are trying to enjoy a drag show from these christofascist creeps.

#NoPasaran #VancouverWA
#Dragshow #freedomofspeech #antifascistaction

"While state lawmakers have rushed to keep transgender youth from receiving care they need, their bills permit non-consensual and harmful surgeries on #intersex infants to continue. What lawmakers should be focused on is banning these unnecessary and dangerous medical interventions."

https://healthlaw.org/surgeries-on-intersex-infants-are-bad-medicine

#LGBTQIA #IntersexSurgery #MedicalAbuse #ProtectKids

https://www.propublica.org/article/parental-alienation-utah-livestream-siblings

This article is really important, kids need to be protected from #abusers in their families, but they are most likely to be #gaslighted by professionals with claims that their experiences are #falsememories. To #ProtectKids means to #SmashThePatriarchy. There is no other way to stop this kind of abuse.

Important thread from Dr. Celine Gounder on the increased number of deaths from heart attacks in ages 25-44 during the first two years of the #Covid19 #pandemic

Take home message:
- Don't get #COVID
- #GetVaccinated 💉
- #WearAMask #MaskUp 😷
- Improve #ventilation if indoors
- Do whatever you can to avoid getting #Covid

PS I'm seeing more #LongCovid symptoms in kids. Make sure they take the same precautions
#Putkids1st #ProtectKids #MedTwitter

Link: https://twitter.com/celinegounder/status/1625627598494498817?s=20&t=m3FAbJ-9DHKD7q4INZNJFg
#CovidIsNotOver

RT @NjbBari3@twitter.com

n=157
Followed up to >240 days post covid.

KIDS

MILD COVID-19

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicts

*HEART FAILURE*.

#ProtectKids
#MasksInSchools
#MakeSchoolsSafe https://twitter.com/harryspoelstra/status/1611144002170126337

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NjbBari3/status/1611262601421553664

Via Brian Deese,,White House Director of National Economic Council : “This is a historic step by the @FTC to protect the privacy of our children – its largest penalty ever, a first-of-its-kind provision on privacy default settings, and its largest administrative order in history.”
#briandeese #epicgames #protectkids #privacy #games #onlinegames

#Covid19 #ProtectKids #MaskUpN95

"T cell apoptosis characterizes severe Covid-19 disease"

"Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death. It is used during early development to eliminate unwanted cells; for example, those between the fingers of a developing hand. In adults, apoptosis is used to rid the body of cells that have been damaged beyond repair. Apoptosis also plays a role in preventing cancer. If apoptosis is for some reason prevented, it can lead to uncontrolled cell division and the subsequent development of a tumour."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41418-022-00936-x

RT @NjbBari3@twitter.com

There is a difference between kids inhaling SARS and kids being exposed to microbes in the natural environment.

There is a difference between drinking probiotics and drinking sewage.

#EpidemiologicalStupidity
#MoralEmptiness
#ProtectKids

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NjbBari3/status/1598232720785559552

Jonathan Haidt with some great (probably not easy) advice about how to protect kids and their young, developing brains from social media and mobile phones...

#socialmedia #mobilephone #mobilephones #usage #Facebook #Twitter #Instagram #children #kids #protectkids #development

Normalize healthcare workers being able to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth without worrying for their safety or the safety of the families they are caring for.💖🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦄

#Gay #LGBTQ #trans #Healthcare #HealthcareWorkers #safety #care #GenderAffirmation #ProtectKids #ProtectHealthcareWorkers #EndBigotry

RT @NjbBari3@twitter.com

In my view "immunity gap" is at best an unproven hypothesis, and we have many other known mechanisms of disease that can explain our observations.

I can only conclude that we must #ProtectKids from both #COVID19 and #RSV and urgently gather data on what has already happened.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NjbBari3/status/1591729237614264320

RT @NjbBari3
We all worry about kids missing out on fun stuff…

What about their sexual health later in life? Is this not fun? Is this not important? Is this not *for them*?

#ProtectKids from COVID-19

"Magical Thinking" Client-Side Scanning w/Not Protect Children... But w/Completely Subvert Encryption + Destroy App/OS Trust

#News #Security #encryption #crypto #cybersecurity #Infosec
#ClientSideScanning #NationalSecurity #ProtectKids #ProtectChildren
https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/13/clientside_scanning_csam_anderson/

RT @Public_Citizen@twitter.com

This is incredible.

@RepKatiePorter@twitter.com held up Maine’s SNAP Benefits eligibility form and asked the conservative who ran the program to disclose the same intrusive and burdensome info required by the form.

#ProtectKids

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1225474576945176576

RT @Public_Citizen@twitter.com

This is incredible.

@RepKatiePorter@twitter.com held up Maine’s SNAP Benefits eligibility form and asked the conservative who ran the program to disclose the same intrusive and burdensome info required by the form.

#ProtectKids

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1225474576945176576